défaitisme
See also: defaitisme
French
Etymology
Coined in 1915 by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as a calque of Russian пораженчество (poraženčestvo), also coined by him as a derivation of поразить (porazitʹ, “to strike, defeat”). Surface analysis: défaite (“defeat”) + -isme (“-ism”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.fɛ.tism/, /de.fɛ.tizm/, /de.fe.tism/, /de.fe.tizm/
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Noun
défaitisme m (uncountable)
- defeatism
Related terms
- défaite
- défaitiste
Further reading
- “défaitisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.